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224691.13 in reply to 224691.12
Date: 8/27/2012 3:02:22 AM
KV Forever
BBBL
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2121
A nice first victory from my team which means i already have the same amount of victories than my entire previous season in BBBL :)

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224691.15 in reply to 224691.14
Date: 8/30/2012 7:10:16 AM
KV Forever
BBBL
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2121
Currently i'm on 1 win and 1 loss, and i'm happy with that.
Next week i have games against Obira and Mumu, which will be very hard for me.
In the week after that i will try to get two victories again.

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224691.17 in reply to 224691.16
Date: 8/31/2012 6:06:10 AM
Obira Dragons
II.1
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Second Team:
Obira Dragons II
Rip.

But ...I'm sure "you will be back !!!

And for now....Long live the number one ....Arlon. (for he's a jolly good fellow...)

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224691.18 in reply to 224691.17
Date: 8/31/2012 7:56:31 AM
BC FTA
II.3
Overall Posts Rated:
88
Haha, well...just like Roger Federer, you've been Number one for so long that no one will ever beat your record.

You are and will stay in the golden book of this game Joe! Don't fall into alcoholism, drinking bottles of whisky in front of your pc watching the games thinking about how everything was so much better before huh! :-))


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224691.20 in reply to 224691.16
Date: 8/31/2012 1:28:14 PM
Basket Mizu Arlon
II.3
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5757
And for the first time since season 14, I'm not the n°1 in Belgium. The end of an era...

it's great to become number one in the country, no question. yet, when you look at the world ranking, i think the greatest achievement - to me- is that joe and i are the second best duo in the world - behind the 2 polish teams.

now, since i'm overtaking joe in the national ranking, i'd like to thank him. over the last 10 seasons or so, he's the one (with some others, ok) who has been dragging everyone up in belgium, who has helped to bring this league to the level we have now. ever since we met in the II.1 finals back in season 7, there has been a great 'rivalry' between us, and altough i had to wait many seasons to reach the top league, and many, many more to be competitive, he's always been my reference in terms of what kind of team to build. i definitely wouldnt have been that much competitive without him.

this morning, patrick and i were talking about one of my players, rafael varela, 34, whom i might sell because he is injured. and i thought, varela actually was the player who practically saved me from relegation in my first bbbl season. and if you could see his profile, although he has qualities, he's the not the type of player who could have an impact in a title run or in a b3 game. that shows how much better this league has become over the seasons, and i believe joe has had a huge impact by forcing us to catch up on him. we've played a total of 34 games against each other so far (i wont tell you what my record is but you can guess it's not very positive), and i hope there are plenty more to come!

thank you joe!



(and btw, this is not a burial, it is a tribute)

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224691.22 in reply to 224691.20
Date: 9/1/2012 6:04:00 AM
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And for the first time since season 14, I'm not the n°1 in Belgium. The end of an era...

it's great to become number one in the country, no question. yet, when you look at the world ranking, i think the greatest achievement - to me- is that joe and i are the second best duo in the world - behind the 2 polish teams.

now, since i'm overtaking joe in the national ranking, i'd like to thank him. over the last 10 seasons or so, he's the one (with some others, ok) who has been dragging everyone up in belgium, who has helped to bring this league to the level we have now. ever since we met in the II.1 finals back in season 7, there has been a great 'rivalry' between us, and altough i had to wait many seasons to reach the top league, and many, many more to be competitive, he's always been my reference in terms of what kind of team to build. i definitely wouldnt have been that much competitive without him.


i second every word of what Coach Q says here.

I always keep an eye on who i played with in the divisions where i've played in. And Joe's team was the most remarkable one by far. in 4 seasons, he has gone from 4th division to BBBL. I'm pretty sure he is one of the ONLY teams on BB to have done that, and i'm talking about all BB nations here. Sure you need some luck here and there, but a) to be lucky, you have to put all the things on your side and b) to do what Joe has done, isn't possible with just luck alone.

I've learned a great deal from Joe. I've rebuild my entire team, i've learned how to manage a NT team (many would be surprized how different it is from managing your own team). If i'd have to sum up what i've learned from joe, then these things would be just a few of the thigns i've learned from him.
*) tactical knowledge
*) importance of GS management
*) training knowledge
*) NT knowledge
*) the importance ( and fun) of taking part in the community talks and chats
and i could make the list a lot longer.

Ever since i've seen Joe rise from the IV.3 division, he's been the one team that i wanted to outdo. Joe probably didn't know it, but thru his performances, i've considered him as a rival, one that i really wanted to best (the evidence of it was the CT last season. i wanted to beat Joe in a league game atleast once in a league game. Granted, it still doesn't feel as i would have thought it would, because the victory was achieved in a CT vs TIE situation, but atleast some part of me is satisfied that i managed to pull of that win).

Joe's team has been the one team i've always wanted to catch up with ( allong with LoD's team). So Mizu, you are lucky to have been able to catch up to him, question is: once you start rebuilding, will you be able to do it again?

i"ve always liked BB, but i can say now that Joe made me addicted to it.So Joe, for all what you've done ( and probably still will do) thank you very much! for me, you have certainly increased the pleasure i have in playing this game and i reckon you've sucked in many others just like you've done with me.

a game is a game after all, but what makes games much more fun, is when you have fun, entertaining and challenges. And those have been provided by Joe. Belgium wouldn't be where it is now, not on NT lvl or in terms of the overall lvl, had you not been around. Not everyone might approve of your ways of doing and i'm sure you and i don't always see eye to eye, yet it's fun having you around.

i'm looking forward to the moment when your team is back on top of it's game, because you've always come back stronger than before. So i rest my case based upon your history in BB, you will end up getting a good preformance in the B3. it's only a matter of time. the B3 is the only thing Joe hasn't set personal records in.

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224691.23 in reply to 224691.22
Date: 9/1/2012 6:16:16 AM
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Joe's records:
ammount of Lion cups won: 5
ammount of BBBL titles: 6
longest streak of BBBL titles: 6
consecutive MVP's in BBBL on the same player ( G. Thys): 3
Best U21 preformance in europe for Belgian U21 ( the only one to get a trophy up till now, granted he got HCA from Sum's efforts)
Best U21 performance in worldcup ( the only Belgian U21 manager to make it to the worldcup)
Best NT performance in european championship ( 3rd place in a pool, and qualification for the repechage)
ammount of Belgian NT players in 1 team: 4 ( Gilmont, Thys, Vercaigne & Mees)

you've got a hell of an ammount or records, some which are likely not going to be broken (or not for the next 4 or 5 years that is). And you aren't done yet, so the records will likely become more impressive.



we might not always like you Joe ( how would you feel if you keep getting beaten time and time again, no matter what you try?) but i doubt you'll find one belgian manager who won't respect you for what you've done and who wouldn't love to match what you've managed to achieve.

and the best part of all this: you've stayed pretty humble. you don't brag about your achievements. I know many people who would brag about it, had they managed to do the same as you have achieved. That is what makes you a great respectfull manager ( and a bloody annoying opponent!)

I just hope that one day, i'll have the chance to best you, just like Mizu has had. only the really great managers can aim for good achievements in the B3 ( without tanking massively for it), so with the tanking rule now in place, that competition just got a lot better and more fair for all. now it comes down to tactical knowledge and putting together the best possible team, 2 things at which you excell in Joe. So again, i rest my case. The best B3 performance will soon be able to be added to that ammount of records Joe already possesses (it's one of the few records that LoD still owns)

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